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T add txanslations of a few names : 

 (ieographical names : 



iMq (1) -A {'2)-sj)aqil (3), Abcrdeen = on (1) where (2) catch salmon (3). 



■{fydt {1} lii/j (2)^(3) tm'olts (4) = People on eat canoe-boards = people of village 



where they steal canoe-boards {ktsd'olui). 

 ihjat (1) Kgia'n (2) = people (I) of the Ksian (2) (Skeena). 

 Kaian, probably from aks mian = t\iQ main river. 

 7!!('E/H,«<Z'7» = on the Ksian. 



Names of persons : 



Na (1) (jun (2) alts (3), what (1) mistaken for (2) water (3). 



Tmij-a (1) rf? (2) Id'o (3), across the water (1) also (2) staying (3). 



TsKTRn (1) siVgyisk (2), ashore (1) pulling (2). 



Ts'Kiuld'ek, the one left alone. 



Ts'Eha'sa, either overcast sky = close eye sky, or fastened talon (of eagle). 



W'iha', great wind. 



Nchdt, making noise to each other. 



Ndsi'ets le'itlks, grandmother of watching. 



iV?» wlba'sk, grandfather great storm. 



Hats'Eqsm'etj, dreadful fire. 



Dkhi di vidksk, going to be white. 



Ni-s i/ulu'ojjs, grandfather carrying stones. 



Li d'am laq fd'O, sitting on ice. 



Seo' pffii'ihu,' ijuk, flying in front of town early in morning. 



Saraitk-ak-'iVi, eagle having one coloured wing. 



QpVijclEk, contracted from qjn'Utl lun/uUi'oq = partly hairy sea-monster. 



Hokqsdn ram Neqnoq = unbeliever in Neqnoq. 



I cannot satisfactorily explain the formation of the last five names. 



IV. Kutona'qa. 



PHONETICS. 

 Vowels : a, e, E, i, o, u ; au. 



(hiisoTiants : — p ; m, w ; d, t ; n ; g, k ; g', k- ; — q, h ; s, ts ; — tl ; y. 

 Initial and terminal combinations of consonants are veiy scarce. Among my 

 •collection of words only a few initial, and no terminal combinations are found. Tlie 

 former are : kt, sk, sk; st, tsg-, tsp, tlk, tin. As all words are undoubtedly compounfls, 

 numerous combinations occur in words, one consonant being the terminal sound of 

 •one part of the word, the other the initial sound of the sub sequent part. 



GRAMMATICAL NOTES. 



THE NOUN. 



Singular and plural have no separate forms. There are no cases. The genitive 

 is frequently expressed by the possessive pronoun, k'atlaqd'atsin aqktld'mis, the 

 horse's head. 



In such cases in which we use the indefinite article the suflSx ■■nAm, designating 

 somebody's or some, is attached to the noun. 



aqk'vnu'ndm, a tooth, somebody's tooth. 

 aqijitlii'num, a house. 

 aqk'atluma'ndm, a mouth. 



A great number of nouns have the prefix aq- or begin with compounds of this 

 prefix and certain others. I .am unable to explain the meaning of this prefix, which 

 ■does not form an integr.il part of the word, being dropped in certain syntactic forms. 



aqgitla, the house (stem : tla). 



inika gitla, it is my house. 



tdn tlan&'mene, there is a bouse. 



aqkinmi'tuk, river : 



sdn mitu'kenS, there is a river. 



